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" A ground squirrel (see note on Tupaia). This squirrel seems to prefer 

 the ground, or bamboos or branches lying on or close to the ground. I have 

 never seen it in a high tree (^. e., over 10 high). " — J.M.D.M. 



23. Mus NiTintJLUS, Blyth. 



Berdmore's Mouse. 

 (Synonymy in No. 1.) 



Pegu, 6 1, inal., 43; (16 mi. S.E.) of Pegu, d 3, $ 5, in al., 6; 

 Vitkangale (12 mi. S.E.), $ 1, in al., .5 ; Kyinigyaung (40 mi. S. E.), ^ 

 4, $ 1 inal., 7; Swedawchaung (40 mi. S.E.), ^ 1, $ 2, in al., 12 ; 

 To laingma Res. (25 mi. N.), in al., 1 ; Rangoon, (S 1. 



{See also Reports Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 

 21, 22, 25 and 27.) 



"All rats and mice except Nos. 655 {Rattus rufescens var.) and 656 {Mus 

 nitidulus) caught in houses and paddy-fields in the Delta. They make large 

 and fairly deep holes in the kagins (bunds) between the paddy-fields, in 

 the hot and cold weather. The entrance can be easily found by the pile 

 of excavated earth lying in front. I do not know where they go in the 

 rains ; into houses, I expect, and up trees, as the whole area is flooded." — 

 J. M. D. M. 



24. Rattus bufescens, var. 



Pegu, d 1, 2 1, in al., 2 ; Tolaingma (25 m. N.), 5 1 ; (40 m. N.), 

 in al., 6 ; Swedawchaung ( 40 m. S.E.), d 1, $ 1 ; Kyinigyaung (40 m. 

 S.E, Pegu), p 1. _ 



" Nos. 655 and 656 were caught in a hole in the jungle. I was out doing 

 ' a job of work ' in the middle oi day, when 1 saw this rat running along the 

 ground. I had a snap shot at her, but she streaked into a hole, about a 

 foot across. On investigation I found two or three tunnels running from 

 it, and one of my men saw her go down one of these, and we got busy. 

 After a bit he saw something move, and rashly put his hand in ; he brought 

 it out again quickly with a yell that he had been bitten by a hamadryad. 

 Luckily it was only a very big rat-snake, eight or nine feet long which 

 contained the mangled remains of four or five young rats and No. 656. 

 No. 655 was found hiding down another passage, and duly extracted and 

 killed. The nest containing the young and the snake was made entirely of 

 dry leaves, some of which appeared to have been put in green. 



" Vernacular names. — Karen — Yu or Yuerh. Big field rats — ^Yu Tea. 

 House mice — Yti "VVa Cher Her (ch soft)."— .T. M. D. M. 



25. GuNOMFs VARITJS. Thos. 



The Malay Mole Rat. 



(Synonymy in No. 17.) 



Vitkangale (12m. S. E. Pegu), S 3 (and one skull), $ 3: (13 m. 

 S.E.), in al., 1. 



26. Bandicota nemokivaga, Hodgs. 



The Smaller Bandicoot Rat, 



1836. Mus {Rattus) nemorivacjus, Hodgson, J.A.S.B. V.. p. 234. 

 1863. Mus bandicota, Blyth, J.A.S.B. XXXII., p. 333. 

 1891. Nesocia nemonvat^a, Blanford, Mammalia, No. 297. 

 Vitkangale (12 m. S.JE. Pegu), d 2, $ 4 ; (13 m. S.E.), J 2; 

 Kyinigyaung (25 m. S.E.), $ 1; (30 m. S.E.), $ 4 ; (60 m. S.E.), 2 1. 



